On October 13 (KST), BTS’s Jimin hosted a live broadcast on Weverse to celebrate his birthday with ARMYs.
The broadcast was pretty eventful, as apart from the general celebrations, quite a few of the BTS members had special appearances on it in one way or another.
Jimin mentioned that he was with Suga the previous day, and the two had a cake made out of hotteok to celebrate his birthday.
Jimin is saying he met Yoongi and he celebrated his birthday with a cake made out of hotteok bread! pic.twitter.com/DkwCDaV7y5
— Sel⁷ (@BTStranslation_) October 13, 2023
He also mentioned V while showing fans a picture of himself edited as an elf, saying that V found it somewhere and shared it with him.
I don’t know where he found it, but Taehyung showed me a picture. *laughs* Have you seen this? pic.twitter.com/eE7jtM3r79
— christa⁷
(@ryuminating) October 13, 2023
Soon after, RM joined the broadcast, barging into the room to wish Jimin a happy birthday. He stayed only briefly.
NAMJOON IS HERE WITH JIMIN!!! pic.twitter.com/eBlGiAx65A
— moni⁷ (ꪜ) 𖠌 (@taeisthv) October 13, 2023
But the one member whose mention got fans the most emotional was Jin. Jimin mentioned that he had recently met Jin and even received a precious birthday gift from him!
When it comes to giving each other birthday gifts, lately, the BTS members seem to go for eccentric choices. A few years ago, J-Hope received a gold-plated toilet brush from Jin and returned the favor by gifting Jin a very fancy chair, which Jin couldn’t even figure out how to use.
But for Jimin’s gift this year, Jin chose a simpler route. During the broadcast, Jimin wore a cute mushroom-shaped keyring pouch on his jeans and showed it off to fans, revealing that it was a gift from his hyung. It turns out Jin even put some pocket money in the pouch for him!
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— 찜라 (@mandakkoo) October 13, 2023
While Jimin couldn’t be more grateful for this present, it also left him in disbelief that Jin offered him cash as a birthday present, that too worth two months of his salary!
— 찜라 (@mandakkoo) October 13, 2023
After the broadcast, some fans dug deeper and discovered that a soldier working in the same post as Jin is expected to earn around ₩800,000 KRW (about $594 USD) a month. So, it looks like Jimin received quite a decent allowance from his older member.
[Special warrior Corporal Jin salary]
Corporal’s monthly salary is 800,000 won as of 2023. It’s 1.6 million won for 2 months.
— star_jin (@nightstar1201) October 13, 2023
The pouch is a merch based on the orange mushroom character from Maplestory, a game that Jin is known to be very fond of.
The item is quite popular in Korea and seems to be sold out in online stores!
